The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 804
Pommes sur un linge
c.1885 (?)
Alternate titles: Apples; Apples on a Tablecloth
Rewald (560): 1885 (?); Venturi revised: 1890; Venturi (510): 1886–90
Oil on canvas
15 3/16 x 18 5/16 in. (38.5 x 46.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3530, huile. nature morte; des pommes sur une serviette et un fruit dans une petite assiette, 38 x 46 cm
Vollard W stockbook: no. 462, Nature morte; huile, 38 x 46 (8,000)
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Private collection, Osaka;
Exhibition History
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 27, ill., (dated c. 1890), as Apples, lent by Winterbotham.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 32, (dated c. 1890), as Apples, lent by Winterbotham.
A. Seligman-Helft Galleries, New York, French Still-Life from Chardin to Cézanne, October 29–November 22, 1947, no. 8, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Winerbotham.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 85, ill., as Pommes sur un linge, lent by Private collection, Japan. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
Akita Museum of Modern Art, Yokote, Japan, From Monet to Cézanne: Impressionists and their Epoch, September 7–October 6, 2002, no. 152, ill., as Pommes sur un linge, c. 1885, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, October 12–November 24, 2002.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 120, ill., as Pommes sur un linge, lent by Aoyama Unimat Museum. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 510, ill. vol. II, as Pommes sur un linge.
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 72, as Apples on a Tablecloth.
Sheppard, Nathaniel, Jr. "3 Stolen Cézanne Works Recovered; Suspect Arrested." New York Times, May 24, 1979, ill.
The Jospeh Winterbotham Collection. Chicago, p. 39, ill., as Apples on a Tablecloth.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 560, ill. vol. 2, as Pommes sur un linge.
Notes
This painting does not appear to have areas of repainting by another hand, nor is there evidence that the work was cut from a larger composition. A conservator's report from September 2015 confirms that there are no signs of retouching or of paint loss.
Record last updated October 29, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pommes sur un linge, c.1885 (?) (FWN 804)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=547 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
